Thomas Jefferson Professor of Law
Areas of Specialization
Constitutional Law--Eminent Domain (Takings); Corporations; Economic Analysis of Law; Economics of Corporate Structure; Land Use and Zoning; Property Law; Real Estate Transactions
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Professor Kades graduated from the Yale Law School, where he was an Articles Editor on the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for Judge Morton I. Greenberg on the Third Circuit, and began his teaching career at Wayne State University in Detroit. Author of articles in North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, and Yale law reviews/journals, and in the Law and History Review and Law & Social Inquiry. Recipient of teaching awards in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2018, 2020 and 2024.
Publications from 2026
(Reverse) Piercing the Trust Veil, Eric Kades
(51 ACTEC Law Journal 151-196 (2026))Publications from 2023
Comparing & Contrasting Economic and Natural Law Approaches to Policymaking, Eric Kades
(9 Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 561-612 (2023))Publications from 2022
A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, and the Rise of the Dynastic Family Trust (DFT), Eric Kades
(55 Connecticut Law Review 19-75 (2022))Publications from 2021
The Charitable Continuum, Eric Kades
(22 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 285-334 (2021))Publications from 2019
Of Piketty and Perpetuities: Dynastic Wealth in the Twenty-First Century (and Beyond), Eric Kades
(60 Boston College Law Review 145-215 (2019))Publications from 2018
The Natural Property Rights Straitjacket: The Takings Clause, Taxation, and Excessive Rigidity, Eric Kades
(51 U.C. Davis Law Review 1351-1426 (2018))Publications from 2016
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Reducing Inequality with a Progressive State Tax Credit, Eric Kades
(77 Louisiana Law Review 359-423 (2016))Publications from 2008
The "Middle Ground" Perspective on the Expropriation of Indian Lands, Eric Kades
(33 Law & Social Inquiry 827-839 (2008))Publications from 2007
A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark, Eric Kades
(25 Law and History Review 223-225 (2007))Publications from 2005
Preserving a Precious Resource: Rationalizing the Use of Antibiotics, Eric Kades
(99 Northwestern University Law Review 611-675 (2005))Publications from 2002
Drawing the Line Between Taxes and Takings: The Continuous Burdens Principle, and its Broader Application, Eric Kades
(97 Northwestern University Law Review 189-265 (2002)) (27 Law & Social Inquiry 941-965 (2002))Publications from 2001
History and Interpretation of the Great Case of Johnson v. M'Intosh, Eric Kades
(19 Law & History Review 67-116 (2001))Publications from 2000
Freezing the Company Charter, Eric Kades
(79 North Carolina Law Review 111-155 (2000))The Dark Side of Efficiency: Johnson v. M'Intosh and the Expropriation of Amerindian Lands, Eric Kades
(148 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1065-1190 (2000))Publications from 1999
Windfalls, Eric Kades
(108 Yale Law Journal 1489-1568 (1999))Publications from 1997
(49 Rutgers Law Review 403-484 (1997))Publications from 1994
Avoiding Takings “Accidents”: A Torts Perspective on Takings Law, Eric Kades
(28 University of Richmond Law Review 1235-1277 (1994))